Remote AWS Principal Cloud Architect & Leader

Placements24; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 900.000 - 1.600.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Remuneration package

Fully remote work

Medical and wellness programs

Remote work stipend

Continuous learning and certifications

Collaborative culture

Home office setup contribution

Stock options

Zusammenfassung

Placements24 is seeking a visionary Principal Cloud Solutions Architect to lead design and implementation of scalable, secure AWS-based infrastructure. This remote SA role offers the chance to shape cloud strategy, drive adoption of AWS services, and partner with cross-functional teams across South Africa.

You will mentor engineers, optimize costs, and define IaC frameworks with Terraform or CloudFormation, ensuring high availability and compliance in a remote-first environment.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
• 10+ years of IT infrastructure experience with strong cloud architecture focus.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Lambda, IAM, EKS, CloudFormation).
• Proven track record designing large-scale, highly available cloud solutions with security and compliance awareness.

Aufgaben

• Lead design and architecture of cloud-native solutions on AWS.
• Develop and document cloud architecture strategies, roadmaps, and best practices.
• Provide leadership on cloud adoption, migration, and optimization initiatives.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations and security for robust cloud deployments.
• Define and implement infrastructure as code using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Evaluate new AWS services to enhance solutions.
• Optimize environments for performance, cost, and reliability.
• Develop disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
• Mentor engineering teams on cloud best practices and patterns.
• Act as a subject matter expert for AWS across the organization.

Kenntnisse

AWS architecture

Terraform

CloudFormation

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

Networking

Security/compliance

Leadership

IaC

Ausbildung

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering/IT

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Jobbeschreibung

Placements24 is seeking a visionary Principal Cloud Solutions Architect to lead design and implementation of scalable, secure AWS-based infrastructure. This remote SA role offers the chance to shape cloud strategy, drive adoption of AWS services, and partner with cross-functional teams across South Africa.

You will mentor engineers, optimize costs, and define IaC frameworks with Terraform or CloudFormation, ensuring high availability and compliance in a remote-first environment.